If you were better informed @drcongo you would know it was lefty bankers and socialist hedge fund managers who undermined the economic genius of Liz and Kwasi.
The election of Liz Truss by Conservative party members (which I'm not) was an absolute abomination, she should never have even been on the ballot. I was hoping Penny Mordaunt would win, she would have been a much more sensible choice.
Both Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer are now struggling to keep the more rabid elements of their respective parties under control, and it will be interesting to see how those power struggles play out over the next 18 months. My money is still on a hung parliament in 2024.
OK, so no one currently or recently on the Gasroom knows about or can be arsed to explain what homeopathy is.
Apparently, it’s a form of complementary medicine in which patients are treated with minute doses of substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment. Sounds a bit self-defeating! [Mrs micra says it’s hokum. After over 50 years as a nurse, she probably knows.]
To discover statistical evidence of rates of successful treatment by homeopathy in comparison with treatment by medically tested and approved medications and procedures (in the unlikely event that it’s available) would take more effort than I’m prepared to put into it but I’m surprised that a Tory MP would suggest bringing anything into the NHS. All the signs and symptoms seem to be pointing towards total privatisation of medicine, with concomitant exacerbation of the widespread and overwhelming poverty we see all around us.
The NHS has clearly become unaffordable and is struggling to survive but the potential alternative government’s approach (to the extent that they would be much more likely to throw money at it) would surely lead to national bankruptcy. Difficult choices will have to be made at the next General Election and I agree that a hung parliament is the likely outcome.
I remain apolitical in the sense of being pragmatic (picking and choosing from a pretty unappealing political menu) and having no ideological allegiances. Makes abstention seem almost inevitable.
Apologies for getting caught up in a tiny side issue in and going on about it.
Well done @micra , at last someone has posted a well thought out and meaningful response, instead of the usual facile knee-jerk Spartist sweeping generalisation.
I don't agree with many Tory MPs who want to privatise the health service, but also recognise that, with a high percentage of an aging population, we simply can't afford to fund the NHS in its present form.
The answer, I think, is to introduce some kind of hybrid system half way between the UK and the US, whereby those who can afford it, myself included, have to have compulsory medical insurance, while those below a certain income level, or on certain benefits, would continue to receive free treatment.
The medical insurance premiums would be collected via income tax, and must be ringfenced exclusively for the NHS.
Massive Vat increases on Green Wellies,Barbour Jackets,Mustard Cords, chinos,smoking Jackets,any horseriding equipment,bow ties,rowing and sailing attire,Tarby and Jim Davidson dvd's, memberships to shooting clubs, MCC Egg and bacon ties, Brian Ferry and Roxy music albums. Anything purchased in Henley and Ascot.
If you thumb through a copy of Bargepole's wife's Tatler you'll discover that the upper class call anything that aspires to be posh but isn't, 'Totally Buckinghamshire'.
Tbh homeopathy is a wide area and the NHS uses things like exercise, painkillers, support groups and advertising as tools so may be some limited benefit somewhere but it needs doing carefully as otherwise you are basically just lowering the requirements for drug testing and effectiveness. And if it's just a cover story for spending less where budgets are already stressed it will have real negative effects.
Brilliant. Long time fan of those two. Weirdly, it took me some time to recognise David Mitchell in that wig. The exchanges between him and Bob Mortimer on Would I Lie are priceless.
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I really don’t doubt that you exist. I just assume that your postings are either:
a) sharply observed satire, or
b) you are unlikely to be best mates with @ChasHarps
Definitely not Liz Truss if he's able to log in to the Gasroom without destroying the country's economy for the next 80 years.
If you were better informed @drcongo you would know it was lefty bankers and socialist hedge fund managers who undermined the economic genius of Liz and Kwasi.
The election of Liz Truss by Conservative party members (which I'm not) was an absolute abomination, she should never have even been on the ballot. I was hoping Penny Mordaunt would win, she would have been a much more sensible choice.
Both Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer are now struggling to keep the more rabid elements of their respective parties under control, and it will be interesting to see how those power struggles play out over the next 18 months. My money is still on a hung parliament in 2024.
Not sure how anyone who advocates for homeopathy to be available on the NHS can be considered sensible.
Who advocates homeopathy on the NHS @MindlessDrugHoover ?
What is homeopathy, come to that !
Have we strayed from food banks ?
So capital punishment coming back next year!
Penny Mordaunt is a big advocate of homeopathy and is on record as saying it should be available on the NHS despite the fact it's absolute hokum.
She also takes bungs from climate lobbyists.
You know when they get to the point of promising them yobs will be on chain gangs again that you are at the tail end of a government bereft of ideas.
Her late Majesty was a user and it didn't do her a lot of harm!
OK, so no one currently or recently on the Gasroom knows about or can be arsed to explain what homeopathy is.
Apparently, it’s a form of complementary medicine in which patients are treated with minute doses of substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment. Sounds a bit self-defeating! [Mrs micra says it’s hokum. After over 50 years as a nurse, she probably knows.]
To discover statistical evidence of rates of successful treatment by homeopathy in comparison with treatment by medically tested and approved medications and procedures (in the unlikely event that it’s available) would take more effort than I’m prepared to put into it but I’m surprised that a Tory MP would suggest bringing anything into the NHS. All the signs and symptoms seem to be pointing towards total privatisation of medicine, with concomitant exacerbation of the widespread and overwhelming poverty we see all around us.
The NHS has clearly become unaffordable and is struggling to survive but the potential alternative government’s approach (to the extent that they would be much more likely to throw money at it) would surely lead to national bankruptcy. Difficult choices will have to be made at the next General Election and I agree that a hung parliament is the likely outcome.
I remain apolitical in the sense of being pragmatic (picking and choosing from a pretty unappealing political menu) and having no ideological allegiances. Makes abstention seem almost inevitable.
Apologies for getting caught up in a tiny side issue in and going on about it.
Well done @micra , at last someone has posted a well thought out and meaningful response, instead of the usual facile knee-jerk Spartist sweeping generalisation.
I don't agree with many Tory MPs who want to privatise the health service, but also recognise that, with a high percentage of an aging population, we simply can't afford to fund the NHS in its present form.
The answer, I think, is to introduce some kind of hybrid system half way between the UK and the US, whereby those who can afford it, myself included, have to have compulsory medical insurance, while those below a certain income level, or on certain benefits, would continue to receive free treatment.
The medical insurance premiums would be collected via income tax, and must be ringfenced exclusively for the NHS.
So raise taxes to pay for the NHS then?
Massive Vat increases on Green Wellies,Barbour Jackets,Mustard Cords, chinos,smoking Jackets,any horseriding equipment,bow ties,rowing and sailing attire,Tarby and Jim Davidson dvd's, memberships to shooting clubs, MCC Egg and bacon ties, Brian Ferry and Roxy music albums. Anything purchased in Henley and Ascot.
That should help out the NHS a bit.
You are Dave Spart, and I claim a free subscription to the New Statesman!
If you thumb through a copy of Bargepole's wife's Tatler you'll discover that the upper class call anything that aspires to be posh but isn't, 'Totally Buckinghamshire'.
https://youtu.be/HMGIbOGu8q0
Neither did life long health care of an excellent standard entirely paid for by the state tbh.
I reckon we'd all live to a ripe old age if the NHS provided someone to wipe our arses for us.
Tbh homeopathy is a wide area and the NHS uses things like exercise, painkillers, support groups and advertising as tools so may be some limited benefit somewhere but it needs doing carefully as otherwise you are basically just lowering the requirements for drug testing and effectiveness. And if it's just a cover story for spending less where budgets are already stressed it will have real negative effects.
Can't help thinking of this classic song regarding The Loudwater Slumlord.
Sherrif Bargepole
Moving up on second base
Behind Bargie Van Wotsisface
At six foot six and a hundred tons
The undisputed king of the slums
With more aliases than Dev C
The master butcher of Downley
Just about to take the stage
The one and only -
Hold the front page!
Here comes Sherrif Bargepole
Brilliant. Long time fan of those two. Weirdly, it took me some time to recognise David Mitchell in that wig. The exchanges between him and Bob Mortimer on Would I Lie are priceless.
No word from @Twizz yet re coffee.
If you put a Grey wig on ex BBC Head Richard Sharp, it's Ivor Beeks. Same glare and mannerisms.
That is a very good shout actually.